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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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