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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in digital education technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Howland Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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