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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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