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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in online education are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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