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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning enable learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these new open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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