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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in online education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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