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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning have empowered people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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