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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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