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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in blended learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tanzania to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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