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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in blended learning are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education ventures. Educators want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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