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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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