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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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