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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic education technology enable people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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