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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in electronic education technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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