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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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