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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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