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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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