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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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