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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning technology enable humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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