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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Queen Maud Land to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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