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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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