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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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