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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning are empowering people all over the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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