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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cook Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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