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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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