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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wake Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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