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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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