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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to understand these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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