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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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