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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning are making it possible for people all around the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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