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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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