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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cook Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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