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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Researchers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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