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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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