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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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