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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology enable humans all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Clemson University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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