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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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