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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online education technology have empowered learners all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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