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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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