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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology are empowering students all over the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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