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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in digital education technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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