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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education are enabling humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Tokelau to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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