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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. People want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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