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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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