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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are considering now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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