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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better understand these new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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