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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in elearning have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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