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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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