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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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