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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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