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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic education technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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