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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Michigan to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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