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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology enable people all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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