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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like San Diego State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better grasp these new open education endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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