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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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