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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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