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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in elearning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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