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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in blended learning have empowered learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Namibia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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