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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education ventures. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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