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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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