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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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