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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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