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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This gripping new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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