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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in elearning have made it possible for students all over the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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