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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling learners all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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