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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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