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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education are providing the means for humans all over the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Rochester to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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