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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are considering now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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