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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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