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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in digital education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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