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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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