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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like New Caledonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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