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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in e-learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOCs? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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