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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education are providing the means for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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