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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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