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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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