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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Bellevue University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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