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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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