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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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