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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Nauru to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education ventures. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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