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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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