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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education have enabled humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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