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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in elearning technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Emory University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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