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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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