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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bangladesh to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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