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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in blended learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take courses online. 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. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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