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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning make it possible for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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