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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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