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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning are empowering learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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