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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning technology enable learners all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Corporations want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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