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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online education technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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