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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in elearning technology have enabled learners all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mayotte to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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