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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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