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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Brazil to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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