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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bellevue University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better understand these new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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