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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Teachers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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