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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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