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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Luxembourg to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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