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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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