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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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