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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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