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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to understand these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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