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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in online learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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