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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in digital education technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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