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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ghana to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better understand these compelling new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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