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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education have enabled people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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