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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning enable learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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