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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered students all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Gabon to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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