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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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