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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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