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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open education undertakings. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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