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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in digital education technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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