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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations must deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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