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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Everyone wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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