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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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