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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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