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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology have enabled people all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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