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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Arizona State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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