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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in blended learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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