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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to understand these significant new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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