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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education endeavours. Researchers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the 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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