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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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