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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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