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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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