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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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