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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Aland to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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