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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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