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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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