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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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