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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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