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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in electronic educational technology have enabled people all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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