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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Researchers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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