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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also reviews the 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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