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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology enable students all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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