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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in elearning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are struggling with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cuba to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better understand these open educational experiments. Universities want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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