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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology enable students all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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