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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open education undertakings. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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