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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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