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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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