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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in electronic education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to understand these promising new open educational ventures. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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