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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Martinique to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Students want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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