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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology make it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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