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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in blended learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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