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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Greenland to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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