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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in elearning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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