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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in blended learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Nigeria to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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