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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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