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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ghana to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. People want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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