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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are considering now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cook Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Professors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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