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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Emory University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better grasp these important new open education ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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