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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Netherlands to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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