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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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