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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cook Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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