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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning are enabling students in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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