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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning enable students in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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