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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mongolia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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