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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in elearning are enabling students all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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