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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational initiatives. Educators want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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