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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Baker Island to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these significant new open education ventures. Professors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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