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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic educational technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Queen Maud Land to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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