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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning technology are enabling people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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