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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also describes 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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