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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the most important 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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