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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in blended learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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