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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Central Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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