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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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