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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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