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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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