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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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