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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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