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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology make it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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