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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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