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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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