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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Liechtenstein to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational initiatives. Professors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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