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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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