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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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