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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online education make it possible for people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better perceive these exciting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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