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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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