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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are considering today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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