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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Colombia to conduct these MOOC classes? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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