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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning enable humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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