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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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