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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better understand these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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