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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Djibouti to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to understand these compelling new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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