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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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