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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic educational technology enable people all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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