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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ 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 inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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