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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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