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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that blended learning institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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