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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Suriname to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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