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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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