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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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