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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kazakhstan to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other participants need to better grasp these open education ventures. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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