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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these open educational experiments. Educators want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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