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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are considering now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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