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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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