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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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