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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tuvalu to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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