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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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