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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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