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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these open education endeavours. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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