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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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