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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Guam to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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