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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational endeavours. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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