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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in blended learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these important new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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