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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Clipperton Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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