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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic educational technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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