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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Broward College to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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