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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these important new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also researches the key 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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