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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like New Caledonia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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