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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mexico to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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