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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open education initiatives. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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