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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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