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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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