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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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