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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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