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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in e-learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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