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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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