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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. 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. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. People want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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