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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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