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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses 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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