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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning make it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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