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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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