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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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