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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in blended learning are enabling students all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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