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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Guyana to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better understand these compelling new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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