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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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