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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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