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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to understand these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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