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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are considering today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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