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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in blended learning technology are enabling students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Palau to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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