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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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