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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education have empowered people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better perceive these interesting new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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