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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic educational technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews 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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