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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Aruba to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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