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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in electronic education technology make it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Professors want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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