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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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