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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in elearning have empowered humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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