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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massive open online courses? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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