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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning have enabled humans all over the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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