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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology enable humans all over the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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