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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic educational technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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