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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better understand these significant new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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