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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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