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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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