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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado System to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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