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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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