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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like El Salvador to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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