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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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