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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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