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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education are empowering humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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