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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education are enabling humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to understand these open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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