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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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