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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education undertakings. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the 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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