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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Academics want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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