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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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