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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online learning have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to consider now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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