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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in digital education technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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