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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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