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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open education undertakings. People want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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