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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning make it possible for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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