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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education have enabled learners all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Gabon to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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