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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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