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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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