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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Singapore to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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