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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better perceive these promising new open education ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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