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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better understand these new open education initiatives. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also addresses 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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