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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning enable humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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