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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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