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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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