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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in blended learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in online courses. 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 online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bolivia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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