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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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