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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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