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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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