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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Helena to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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