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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning are empowering students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better grasp these important new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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