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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in elearning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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