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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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