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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in elearning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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