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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology are enabling people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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