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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johnston Atoll to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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