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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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