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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Italy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Corporations want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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