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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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