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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Corporations want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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