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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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