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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning are empowering learners all around the world to participate in online classes. 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. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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