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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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