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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in blended learning enable people all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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