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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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