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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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