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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations must deal with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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