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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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