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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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