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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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