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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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