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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in learning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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