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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Indonesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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