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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tokelau to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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