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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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