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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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