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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like American Samoa to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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