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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always 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 organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational ventures. Public servants want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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