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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in blended learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for data the interesting 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 stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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