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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education have empowered learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the key 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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