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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning have empowered people all over the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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