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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic education technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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