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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Educators want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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