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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in online learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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