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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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