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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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