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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like El Salvador to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better understand these promising new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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