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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education ventures. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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