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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in blended learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that elearning organizations have to consider today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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