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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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