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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in elearning are making it possible for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Morocco to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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