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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better understand these compelling new open educational undertakings. Academics want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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