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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to understand these promising new open education ventures. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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