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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Somalia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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