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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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