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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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