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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Chad to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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