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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning are enabling students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guyana to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these significant new open education initiatives. Professors want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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