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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology make it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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