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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in elearning are enabling students all over the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. People want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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