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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning enable learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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