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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in blended learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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