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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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