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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Elidaemy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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