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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning enable people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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