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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Netherlands to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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