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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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