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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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