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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online learning have empowered learners all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Vanuatu to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to understand these important new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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