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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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