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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Central African Republic to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Corporations want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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