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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. 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. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these important new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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