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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning enable people all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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