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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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