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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have enabled students all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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