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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Fiji to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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