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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in online education technology have enabled people all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado System to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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