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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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