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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like French Polynesia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. People want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also addresses 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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