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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online learning have empowered learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these significant new open educational initiatives. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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