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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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