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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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