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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Uganda to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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