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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in blended learning have empowered students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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