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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in elearning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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