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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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