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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Luxembourg to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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