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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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