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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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