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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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