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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning are making it possible for people all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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