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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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