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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Namibia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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