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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online learning are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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