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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning make it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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