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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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