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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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