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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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