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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Emory University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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