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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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