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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to consider today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Emory University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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