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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better grasp these compelling new open education ventures. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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