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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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