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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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