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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models 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 in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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