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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in distance learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Indonesia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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