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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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