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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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