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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic educational technology enable people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Belize to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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