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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning have empowered students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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