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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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