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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to take online classes. 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 massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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