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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open education endeavours. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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