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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Chad to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these compelling new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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