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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Finland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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