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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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