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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Mexico to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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