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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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