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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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