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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in blended learning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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