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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education endeavours. Trainers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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