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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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