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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the 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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