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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these compelling new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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