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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better perceive these significant new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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