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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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