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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning have enabled students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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