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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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