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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to be more aware of these open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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