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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in blended learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Angola to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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