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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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