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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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