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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. 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 almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like New Caledonia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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