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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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