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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these open education undertakings. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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