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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in digital education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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