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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing need for details 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 new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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