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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently 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 elearning technology organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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