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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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