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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ecuador to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also deals with the major 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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