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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning have provided the means for humans in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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