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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Reunion to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these compelling new open educational undertakings. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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