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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning have enabled people all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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