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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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