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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning have enabled students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Midway Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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