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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Macedonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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