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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational initiatives. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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