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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Howland Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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