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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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