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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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