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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology enable humans all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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