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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in e-learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like San Diego State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Professors want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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