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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these fascinating new open educational ventures. Professors want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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