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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Broward College to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education ventures. Students want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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