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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations are considering now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also studies 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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