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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Martinique to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better understand these significant new open education undertakings. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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