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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Arizona State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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