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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in technology-enhanced learning enable humans in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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