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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Laos to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education undertakings. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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