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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these open educational initiatives. People want to know how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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