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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are considering today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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