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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology enable learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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