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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Korea, North to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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