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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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