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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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