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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kiribati to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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