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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning enable humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Albania to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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