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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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