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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education make it possible for students all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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