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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in elearning have enabled learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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