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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering learners all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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