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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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