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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open educational ventures. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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