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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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