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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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