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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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