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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic educational technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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