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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Guernsey to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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