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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in online education technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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