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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in blended learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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