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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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