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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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