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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like India to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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