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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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