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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in blended learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yemen to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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