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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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