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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations must deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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