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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to understand these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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