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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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