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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational ventures. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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