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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in elearning are making it possible for learners all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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