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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology have enabled students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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