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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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