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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Clemson University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to understand these promising new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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