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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education enable learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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