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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in blended learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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