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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open education initiatives. Professors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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