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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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