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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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