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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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