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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in digital education technology are empowering learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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