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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for information 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 topics. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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