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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online education have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Montserrat to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education ventures. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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