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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Excelsior College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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