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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Vanuatu to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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