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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in e-learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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