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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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