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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic educational technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Michigan State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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