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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in digital education technology enable learners all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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