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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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