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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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