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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning technology enable students all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are considering now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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