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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education enable people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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