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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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