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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Tuvalu to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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