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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning are enabling people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these fascinating new open education endeavours. Educators want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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