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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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