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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sudan to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these interesting new open educational ventures. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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