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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in elearning technology are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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