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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology enable humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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