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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are considering now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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