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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning are empowering people all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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