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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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