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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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