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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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