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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Baker Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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