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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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