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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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