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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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