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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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