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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling people all over the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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