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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Kazakhstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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