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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in electronic educational technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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