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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in blended learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Switzerland to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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