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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Vatican City to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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