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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in e-learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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