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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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