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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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