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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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