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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Clipperton Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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