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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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