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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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