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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like China, People's Republic of to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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