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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in online education technology have made it possible for humans all around the world 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. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better perceive these significant new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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