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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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