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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Howland Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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