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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning technology are empowering students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Lebanon to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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